New York, NY 10001 · Utility tests 2013–2023
New York’s tap water has 22 contaminants, 11 above health guidelines.
- Water quality score
- 4out of 10Poor
Counts contaminants above an EWG health guideline, weighted by the harm the guideline protects against. 8 and above is good; 5 and above is fair.
- Above a health guideline
- 11of 22 found
- Linked to cancer
- 10above guideline
- In the SGS test program
- 6of 22 found
Contaminants found here that SGS measured the Sans Water Purifier against.
Water data: EWG Tap Water Database, utility test results 2013–2023. Guidelines are EWG health guidelines set by federal or state public-health authorities; legal limits differ.
What’s in the water
Level found: 53.5 ppb
Health guideline: 0.06 ppb
892×Removed by RO
Level found: 38.2 ppb
Health guideline: 0.1 ppb
382×Removed by RO
Level found: 38.8 ppb
Health guideline: 0.15 ppb
259×Removed by RO
Level found: 24 ppb
Health guideline: 0.1 ppb
240×Removed by RO
Level found: 34.3 ppb
Health guideline: 0.4 ppb
86×Removed by RO
Level found: 4.35 ppb
Health guideline: 0.06 ppb
72×Removed by RO
Level found: 14 ppb
Health guideline: 0.2 ppb
70×Removed by RO
Level found: 0.0413 ppb
Health guideline: 0.02 ppb
2.1×Tested · 98.6%
Level found: 0.119 ppb
Health guideline: 0.1 ppb
1.2×Removed by RO
Level found: 0.161 ppm
Health guideline: 0.14 ppm
1.2×Tested · >99.9%
10 of 22 contaminants
Tested: measured by SGS on the Sans Water Purifier, the lab’s own figure. Removed by RO: listed by EWG as reduced by reverse osmosis, the purifier’s filter type. Not tested: neither.
Where this report applies
Utilities serving zip 10001. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
What the Sans Water Purifier is tested to reduce
SGS, an ISO/IEC 17025 laboratory, measured the purifier’s reduction of 19 contaminants (Dec 2023 to Mar 2024). These are the worst in New York’s water that were in that program.
- Hexavalent chromium98.6%Maximum measured reduction
- Nitrate>99.9%Maximum measured reduction
- Chlorate>99.8%Maximum measured reduction
Figures are the laboratory’s own, measured under test conditions. Your tap water differs from the challenge water.